ancient greece mediterranean ruler

Chapter 951 The panic of the people of Syracuse
But by doing this, can the Carthaginians desecrate the souls of our warriors? !No, their crimes even more demonstrated the glory of the warriors!The holy souls of the warriors will go to the sacred Elysee and accompany the great Hades to visit the beautiful paradise that is like spring all year round!And here—" Davos pointed to his feet, and said with a single word, forcefully: "Everything here will be preserved forever, for the people of the kingdom to come and pay their respects, let them know how brave our soldiers are, and let them know how brave our soldiers are. They know how ferocious our enemies are!And this tower will be demolished, and then a statue will be built, and the names of every warrior who died here will be engraved on it, and then engraved in the history of the kingdom, so that future generations will pass it on forever! "

There was another noise all around under the tower, but this time it was the envious sighs of the soldiers.

"Citizens of Dionia! Soldiers of Dionia!" Davos raised his voice again and raised his arms and shouted: "You have been fighting for a year, winning in Campania and winning in Dauni. , won the victory in Latium, won the victory in the Samnite Mountains, won the victory in western Sicily, and now it is finally our turn to fight to the death with the most powerful and cruel Carthaginians! I hope you can die here fighting. The warriors took revenge, bravely and fearlessly launched attacks on the Carthaginians, once again created glorious victories one after another, and became heroes among the people. After death, they will be honored in the Hall of Valor, so that your names can be remembered by future generations. Praise! Only in this way can we, Dionia, win the final victory in the contest with Carthage! We, Dionia, will also win!!"

"Wonderful victory!!! Wonderful win!!! Wonderful win!!!..." After hearing what Davos said, the soldiers were filled with excitement. They couldn't help but beat their long shields with their daggers, and jumped up and shouted passionately.

The roars of these tens of thousands of people were like rolling thunder, resounding throughout the desolate valley and even reaching as far away as Syracuse...

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In the dark night, everything was quiet in the city of Syracuse, but candlelight was still flickering in a house. The chief general Theagenis sat alone in his study, not falling asleep. In fact, he couldn't sleep either.

Some time ago, he resisted all opinions and insisted that the council pass a resolution-sent troops to capture Kamanlina, and then forced the surrender of Pachinus, making Syracuse expand its territory for the first time since the Southern Italian War. The sphere of influence suddenly increased his prestige in Syracuse.Afterwards, he went out in person and had talks with Margo, the commander of Carthage. Although the Syracuse people were at a disadvantage in the talks and suffered some losses in the signed covenant, the democrats still portrayed him as a man for the sake of tin. Rakuza's interests, the image of a political leader who is not afraid of any threats and dares to fight against powerful nations, was warmly welcomed by the people after the negotiations and returned to the city, and he was in the limelight for a while.

According to the newly signed covenant with Carthage, Syracuse must send troops to attack Taunis, but under the instructions of Theagenis, the Syracuse army played tricks. There was no serious implementation of the covenant.

But the next battle was beyond Theagenis' expectations. He originally thought that with such a large army of Carthage and its combat effectiveness was not weak (it could defeat the Dionysian army in the Battle of Gela), he should be able to Sweeping through Dionia's territory in Sicily was devastating.However, although the Carthaginian cavalry ravaged the Catania plains and the Carthaginian infantry defeated Agilion, its main force failed to attack a small village in Dionia many times and was blocked for more than 20 days. He began to doubt the combat effectiveness of the Carthaginian army. Fortunately, Paragonia was finally captured in the end.

After receiving the news, Theagenis breathed a sigh of relief and prepared to continue playing soy sauce to watch the development of the battle, but suddenly received the news: All Carthaginian troops began to retreat southward!
Theagenis was frightened, and hurriedly climbed out of the messenger and rushed to inquire. He was told that the Carthaginians had received accurate news that the main force of Dionysia had conquered the enemy in the north, Rome, and was on the way for reinforcements. On the way to Sicily, the Carthaginian army must return to western Sicily to prepare for a full-scale battle.

When the messenger brought the news back to Syracuse, the entire council exploded.

During the reign of Dionysius, Syracuse had relatively close ties with the Campania League in Italy, so it still had some understanding of the situation in central and northern Italy. However, after the South Italian War, the Campania League and the Campania League The alliance between Dionia and Syracuse was sharply reduced, and the Syracuseans had even less business contacts with central and northern Italy.Especially after Dionia launched the war against Rome, the Third Fleet deliberately blocked the southern coast of Italy. Syracuse did not own Sardinia and Corsica like the Carthaginians. They obtained The news that "the Dionian army landed in Latium" was learned from the Carthage envoy.

However, the people of Syracuse knew that Rome was a powerful state in central Italy, with many allies. Its status there was similar to Syracuse in Sicily more than 10 years ago, and the Dionysians fought far away from home. It would never be possible to conquer Rome easily. It would definitely be a long war. Some people even expected the Dionysians to suffer a disastrous defeat in the Latium region. This was why they later agreed to form an alliance with Carthage and attack Dionysius. A major reason for Nia.

However, now news suddenly came that "the Dionysians have conquered Rome, and their main force is about to reinforce Sicily." The MPs in Syracuse were hit hard and panicked, because if the Carthaginian army retreated to the west, the Syracuse army would retreat to the west. Lacusa will bear the wrath of the Dionian army alone!

Theagenis had to rush to persuade the Carthaginians in person. By the time he caught up with the retreating Carthaginian army, he had already arrived at Gela.

No matter how he requested, Mago did not come out to see him in person. Only Bomirka came out to tell him: Since the next battle with the main force of Dionia is related to the rise and fall of Carthage, the army must withdraw to the west and do a good job. Be fully prepared, and no one can dissuade you from this.

But at the same time, he also comforted Theagenis: Even if the Dionian reinforcements land in Sicily, their main target of attack is still our Carthage, and the city of Syracuse has thick walls, sufficient food, and many soldiers. As long as it defends with all its strength, , the Dionians have no way to deal with you.When we defeat the main force of Dionia, we will come to the east to join you in Syracuse.By then, not only can the Dionians be driven out of Sicily, but they can also march further into Magna Graecia. Magna Graecia has always been the territory of your Greeks. It will be more appropriate to capture the town and hand it over to you for control... …

At this time, Theagenis was slightly attracted by the beautiful prospects created by the Carthaginians. At the same time, he also knew that the matter was irreversible. Now that the matter had come to this, he could only say: Syracuse will defend Dio with all its strength. The Nians were about to attack and expected the Carthaginian army to return east as soon as possible.

On the way back to Syracuse, Theagenis spent his time in the ambivalence of hope for the future and fear of reality.

When he rushed back to Syracuse, he got bad news: Dionia's reinforcements had begun to land at Catania Port and Catania Naval Base.

Due to the sudden incident, the Syracuse army did not completely evacuate from the camp outside Taunis. The Catania Naval Base was only a dozen miles away from them, and the cargo ship was transporting supplies from the camp to the port of Syracuse. The sailors were surprised to see dozens of Dionian warships waiting in formation on the northern sea. Behind them, there were many ships outside the Dionian naval base, and more ships came from further north. Coming from the sea...

The Syracuse fleet was so frightened that it quickly turned around and sailed back to the port. After receiving the news, the Syracuse Navy hurriedly sent several speedboats to investigate, and found that those Dionysian ships were either troop transports full of soldiers, or fully loaded Supplies cargo ships continued to enter and leave the Dionia Naval Base until evening...

On the next day, such military operations were still going on in the waters where the Dionia Naval Base was located.

How many reinforcements did the Dionysians send? !The people of Syracuse were all panicked after receiving the news, and Theagenis, who had just returned to the city, was certainly no exception.

Especially after learning that the Carthaginian army was determined to return to the west, many people in the council felt like mourning their heirs.

Even Sictas, the general of the port civilian faction, shouted: "Since the Carthaginians have abandoned us, then we no longer need to abide by the covenant. Let's just make peace with Dionia."

Siktas' words indeed moved a small number of people, but no one dared to take the initiative to express their agreement.After all, the reason why Syracuse united with Carthage and declared war on Dionia was to restore its former hegemony. As a result, it took the initiative to seek peace before actually fighting the Dionia, and most of the councilors could not Even the majority of Syracuse citizens cannot accept it.

Everyone debated until evening, and apart from "quickly withdrawing all the troops besieging Taunis and preparing for the defense of the city", they couldn't think of any other specific and effective plan to solve the current predicament.

On the third day, the council continued to discuss yesterday's issues, and at noon received an urgent report from spies: about 5 well-equipped Dionian soldiers left Catanai City and marched southward.

The congressmen suddenly panicked and immediately called for the urgent mobilization of citizens throughout the city to prepare for the enemy.

But soon another spy reported that the Dionysian army turned to the southwest and stopped advancing in front of the ruins of Paragonia.

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